The Toronto Blue Jays have reached an agreement with free-agent starter Cody Ponce on a three-year pact worth $30 million, according to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand . Ponce is the second starter the Blue Jays have added in the past week. They also officially announced their seven-year deal with Dylan Cease , a $210 million pact that's the largest free-agent contract ever handed out by the Toronto franchise .

Ponce, 31, has not pitched at the MLB level since 2021. He spent last season with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization, starting 29 times and amassing a 1.89 ERA and a 6.15 strikeout-to-walk ratio. CBS Sports ranked Ponce as the 45th-best player on the market. Here's what we wrote at the time :

Ponce, 32 come April, will return stateside after spending a few

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